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LEHMAN BROTHERS, the American investment bank, is expanding into property development. The bank has an option on an empty site to the north of the City with the appropriate planning consent, and a partner to develop the site is expected to be announced shortly.

The option was acquired from Hackney council, and it was originally a possible location for Lehman’s HQ before it moved to Canary Wharf this year.

I rather detect that most people at the bank have forgotten about the site. One must hope that so too have those protesters who were outraged when Lehman first came on